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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Macarons Abroad

Access to French macarons is not readily available if you live in the US for the most part.

However if you are lucky enough to live in Japan, things are different. Not only are French macarons shops on almost every corner...well it looks like that to me. But there is a ton of macaron toys and souvenirs to be had! HUMPH! PB reader Yuko N. kindly sent me these photos. Yuko has only to go out and buy a bottle of Lipton Tea and she gets a Pierre Herme Macaron key chain FREE!

Meanwhile in Paris, M. wants me to know that there are stacks and stacks of Macaron... Books waiting at FNAC to be gobbled up. YUM! I admit to buying this book a few trips back - it looked so delicious. Unfortunately my french cooking skills are not yet up to snuff...ahem The charming foot belongs to M. by the way. Well here is the REAL THING we all dream about. And maybe it's a good thing to just dream - so many calories as my sister reminds me...BONNE JOURNEE

Oh wow. You DO have to have one of those key chains. Major fun. Thank you for the macarons in the bottom photo. Yum. :)I am wondering why the Macrones havent taken off in the USA like they have in Japan & other places. Someone is missing the boat here.

Carol, maybe you should be the one to open the macaron shop here in NY. Strange no one has yet! You could just decorate all the walls with your paintings and hire someone to make the macarons, and you could sit back and sketch a little/eat a little...Calories? I think they take them all out of those, don't they? Beautiful painting!

I'm completely befuddled by the Herme Macaron craze (my same feelings regarding the Magnolia Muffins in NYC). I admire the creativity involved in making these sweets (but I think it stops there). The macarons are so sweet and then so ____(pick your flavor of choice).

My sister couldnt even finish 1 and Im feeling rather ill after 2. Ive managed to tongue-scrape what I believe to be the best part (crusty flakes around the fillings).

To be honest, I think it's just mob hysteria or is it possible that my taste is that much more discerning???

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♥carol gillott♥

l'Ile Saint Louis, Paris, Ile de France, France

Hi I'm Carol Gillott,
My Mom taught me watercolors at 5. I'm still at it, now tripping over cobblestones, living in a 6th-floor garret on l'Ile Saint-Louis, Paris. Read Parisbreakfast with a hot chocolate and croissant.
I paint Paris breakfasts.